space travel

Late in the Earth's 20th century humans discovered the existence of gravity waves in the Universe. Discoveries related to this progressed over the next 12 centuries as mankind continued to explore space. About the time man entered the voids between the galactic spiral arms a significant...

So I'm watching Heavy Metal 2000 the other day (which doesn't hold up as well as the original Heavy Metal IMO) and what caught my attention was the method of ships going faster-than-light (FTL). In short, the ship is placed in a giant tube at a space station and then the space station launches...